On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, ac wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Lambermont, David wrote:
> 
> > On Monday, August 10, 1998 12:07 PM, Gevaerts
> > Frank[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > > > Used fdisk to create a single Linux Native partition on /dev/hdb1
> > > > Used the GUI file system tool to format the drive as ext2
> > > > Used the GUI tool to set the mount point as /usr2
> > > > 
> > > > I looked at /etc/fstab and the mount information is there.  During
> > > > bootup, I see an error message something like:
> > > > "mount error -- /usr2 does not exist"  (can't remember exact error).
> > > > 
> > > /usr2 must be an existing directory. In Linux (and UNIX in general),
> > > filesystems are mounted in directories.
> > 
> > I just tried this:
> > 
> > mkdir /usr2
> > mount /dev/dhb1 /usr2
> 
> you need to mount it first before making the direcotry
> 
> mount /dev/hdb1 /mntpoint
> mkdir /mntpoint/usr2
> 
No, he didn't want to make a directory on his new filesystem, he just
wanted to get it mounted. In your terminology, /mntpoint didn't exist yet.

> > 
> > Now when I cd to /usr2, I see a lost+found directory, so something is
> > there.  But, when I type "mount" or "df," /usr2  does not appear with my
> > other mounted drives.  Am I still missing something?
> > 

Frank

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